Maternity leave varies widely across the world, with one country offering no paid leave and another offering up to two years.

Discover animals with the longest gestation periods, including elephants, sperm whales, rhinoceroses and walruses. Learn why ...

Pregnancy is often measured in weeks and months. For humans, nine months can feel long enough to change an entire life. But in the wild, some mothers wait far longer. Their bodies slow down, their ...

Stay up to date with our Politics newsletter, sent weekly. President Trump promised a long speech for his State of the Union address. On Tuesday night, he delivered. Tuesday's address lasted ...

Delta Air Lines will soon operate the longest domestic flight in the U.S. from Boston to Honolulu. The longest international flights from the U.S. are to Singapore, operated by Singapore Airlines from ...

The California Zephyr is the longest train route in the U.S., traveling 2,438 miles from Chicago to the Bay Area through the Rockies and Sierra Nevada over 43 hours. The train passes some of the ...

A figure commonly used to compare the risk of death from pregnancy compared with the risk of death from abortion might be based on outdated data, a new study suggests. When you purchase through links ...

Confusion about the safety of taking the drugs during pregnancy has led to mental health emergencies for some expectant mothers, experts say. By Christina Caron New research suggests that when ...

Giorgia Guglielmi is a freelance writer in Basel, Switzerland. In 2021, amid the COVID‑19 pandemic, Kristin Wall became pregnant with her second child. Her physician told her that little was known ...

Los Angeles Raiders running back (32) Marcus Allen in action against the Washington Redskins during Super Bowl XVIII at Tampa Stadium. Allen ran for 191 yards and was named the games most valuable ...

Feb. 5 (UPI) --Guinness World Records confirmed a massive reticulated python discovered in the Maros region of Indonesia is officially the longest wild snake to be formally measured. The ...

World records are spectacular by nature, a performance better than anything previously produced. But some world records hold iconic status, thanks to their durability. For example, distance-freestyle ...